Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower

Shawn C. Nessen; Jennifer Gurney; Todd E. Rasmussen; Andrew P. Cap; Elizabeth Mann-Salinas; Tuan D. Le; Stacy Shackelford; Kyle N. Remick; Kevin S. Akers; Brian J. Eastridge; Donald Jenkins; Zsolt T. Stockinger; Clinton K. Murray; Kirby R. Gross; Jason Seery; Robert Mabry; John B. Holcomb

doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000001969

Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower

Shawn C. Nessen
, Jennifer Gurney
, Todd E. Rasmussen
, Andrew P. Cap
, Elizabeth Mann-Salinas
, Tuan D. Le
, Stacy Shackelford
, Kyle N. Remick
, Kevin S. Akers
, Brian J. Eastridge
, Donald Jenkins
, Zsolt T. Stockinger
, Clinton K. Murray
, Kirby R. Gross
, Jason Seery
, Robert Mabry
, John B. Holcomb

Department of Medicine

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25 Scopus citations

Abstract

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Observational/retrospective/historic controls, level IV.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S4-S12
Journal	Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Volume	85
Issue number	1S
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001969
State	Published - Jul 1 2018

Keywords

Afghanistan
Case fatality rate
Died of wounds
Iraq
Vietnam

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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Nessen, S. C., Gurney, J., Rasmussen, T. E., Cap, A. P., Mann-Salinas, E., Le, T. D., Shackelford, S., Remick, K. N., Akers, K. S., Eastridge, B. J., Jenkins, D., Stockinger, Z. T., Murray, C. K., Gross, K. R., Seery, J., Mabry, R., & Holcomb, J. B. (2018). Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 85(1S), S4-S12. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001969

Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower. / Nessen, Shawn C.; Gurney, Jennifer; Rasmussen, Todd E. et al.
In: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Vol. 85, No. 1S, 01.07.2018, p. S4-S12.

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Nessen, SC, Gurney, J, Rasmussen, TE, Cap, AP, Mann-Salinas, E, Le, TD, Shackelford, S, Remick, KN, Akers, KS, Eastridge, BJ, Jenkins, D, Stockinger, ZT, Murray, CK, Gross, KR, Seery, J, Mabry, R & Holcomb, JB 2018, 'Unrealized potential of the US military battlefield trauma system: DOW rate is higher in Iraq and Afghanistan than in Vietnam, but CFR and KIA rate are lower', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol. 85, no. 1S, pp. S4-S12. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000001969

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